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FROM THE CIA/PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. CITE CIA-P-049. 2 9 APR 1965
1. A CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF KEYHOLE MISSION 1216-1 OF 16 JANUARY
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1965 OVER THE LU-TA SHIPYARD. DAIREN. CHINA (38 55 44N 121 F-r= _
REVEALS THAT THE LARGE CENTER BUILDING WAY (WAY NO. 2) IS S _
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W AT LEAST THREE SIDES BY POSSIS.E VERTICAL SCREENING. PO.
SCREENING ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE LAUNCHING END OF THE WAY A(QPEAtt
TO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE SAME POSITION AS VERTICAL SCREENI
NOTED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE " C' CLASS BALLISTIC AI JS -E;
SUBMARINE PREVIOUSLY ASSEMBLED ON THE SAME BUILDING WAY.
SCREENING APPEARS TO BE POSITIONED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE
EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE PERPENDICULARLY PL r';''~t''
POSSIBLE SCREENING TO THE HEAD OF THE WAY. NO ACTIVITY OR V16.5 L.S
CAN BE DISCERNED WITHIN THE ENCLOSED AREA ON FAIR QUALITY DA
OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY.
2. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LATEST AVAILABLE KEYHOLE
PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE LU-TA SHIPYARD (KU 1016-1) WITH THE LATEST
MISSION COVERAGE OF THIS YARD HAS
REVEALED THAT THE PROBABLE SECURITY SCREENS PREVIOUSLY STORED IN
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THE STAGING AREA AT THE HEAD OF THE BUILDING WAY NEAREST THE
MOLE (WAY NO. 3) ARE NO LONER DISCERNAELE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED
(REF A) THAT THREE PROHA 3.E SECURITY SCREENS WERE PLACED AT THE
HEAD F WAY NO. 2 IN DECEMIER 1964. THE ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SCREENING
SIGHTED IN JANUARY 1965 MAY EQUATE T O THE PROBABLE SCREENING
PREVIOUSLY NOTED TO HAVE EEEN STORED IN THE STAGING AREA AT THE
HEAD OF BUILDING WAY NO. 3.
3. A REVIEW OF ALL=AND KEYHCLE COVERAGE FROM JUNE 1962
TO THE PRESENT HAS REVEALED THAT VERTICAL SCREENING HAD PREVIOUSLY
SEEN USED AT THE LU-TA SHIPYARD ONLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE " G' CLASS SSB.
4. MENSURATION PERF ORMED BY CIA/PI D PHOT 0 ANALYSTS.
REFERENCES
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